"Discomfort and joy."
Overview
Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) -- not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -- a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (Randolph)- who caters to sons of privilege and whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past-they can choose their own futures.
Quick Facts
| Release Date | 10 Nov 2023 |
| Runtime | 133 min |
| Rated | R |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $13M |
| Box Office | $43M |
Direction
Alexander Payne
The Holdovers is directed by Alexander Payne. The film has received recognition: Won 1 Oscar. 137 wins & 211 nominations total.
Writers
David Hemingson
Cast
Paul Giamatti
Paul Hunham
Dominic Sessa
Angus Tully
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Mary Lamb
Carrie Preston
Miss Lydia Crane
Brady Hepner
Teddy Kountze
Ian Dolley
Alex Ollerman
Jim Kaplan
Ye-Joon Park
Michael Provost
Jason Smith
Ratings & Reception
The film has been critically acclaimed with an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 based on 247,029 votes.
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Produced by Miramax, Gran Via Productions.